Hundreds of people march in Seoul to protest against plans to release nuclear wastewater into the ocean.

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    1 year ago

    I thought that as well. I have nothing against nuclear energy and thought the whole thing was just being blown out of proportion. Then I looked into it again and learned that it’s not just trace amounts of tritium, but likely a bunch of other much more long-lived isotopes. TEPCO and Japanese regulators aren’t processing the water appropriately, and they aren’t testing for many common radioisotopes. This is genuinely concerning.

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      1 year ago

      if that was the case, why would the Korean government and iaea be saying its fine as the article says?

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        I’m not quite sure. The whole situation is really strange.